Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu resurfaces in Vietnam’s capital after a year (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Thursday March 06th 2008, 11:13 pm

Vietnamese officials said Friday that bird flu has made a comeback in Vietnam's capital after being held at bay for more than a year, and chided farmers for negligence in fighting the virus. [News Source]

No sign of deadly mutation in Indonesian bird flu samples: WHO (TODAYonline)
Thursday March 06th 2008, 9:57 am

An Indonesian doctor treats a bird flu patient in 2005. The World Health Organisation has said that bird flu samples sent by the Indonesian government show no sign the virus has mutated into a deadly form transmissible between humans. [News Source]

No sign of deadly mutation in Indonesian bird flu samples: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thursday March 06th 2008, 9:29 am

Bird flu samples sent by the Indonesian government to the World Health Organisation show no sign the virus has mutated into a deadly form transmissible between humans, a WHO official said Thursday. [News Source]

No sign of deadly mutation in Indon bird flu samples: WHO (Straits Times)
Thursday March 06th 2008, 7:39 am

JAKARTA - BIRD flu samples sent by the Indonesian government to the World Health Organisation (WHO) show no sign the virus has mutated into a deadly form transmissible between humans, a WHO official said Thursday. [News Source]

Bird flu pandemic still possible, warns world expert (Daily Mail)
Thursday March 06th 2008, 5:58 am

The bird flu virus is 'firmly entrenched' in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has warned. His statement came as Egypt reported its 46th human case of bird flu in an 11-year-old boy. Scientists fear the virus, which is usually spread direct from birds to humans, could mutate into a form easily transmissible between people [News Source]